Product Comparison
The sunlit waters of the surface of the sea are adrift with microscopic single-celled plants called marine phytoplankton. There is a significant amount of confusion between the terms seaweed, algae, micro and macro algae, plankton and phytoplankton. The term algae refers to plants capable of photosynthesis living in a wet environment. Micro and macro algae are general terms used to classify the size of the algae. Plankton is a general term used to distinguish many different types of small plant and animal life. Animal plankton is called zooplankton and plant plankton is called phytoplankton. Phytoplankton can be found in both freshwater terrestrial based water systems and oceans. Some common types of freshwater plankton are spirulina and chlorella. Marine Phytoplankton found in Umac-Core is solely found in the ocean. Marine Phytoplankton is the most important superfood available to harness solar energy and deliver essential nutrients and sea minerals.
MARINE ORIGIN
MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON
UMAC-CORE is a blend of several species of marine phytoplankton, primarily from the larger, nutrient-rich Baccillariophyceae (classified commonly as diatoms). UMAC-CORE is the only known product to take natural marine phytoplankton communities containing a complete suite of marine trace elements in proportion to those found naturally in human plasma.We deliver it to you in the exact same species composition as is found in nature, the way your body is intended to receive them. We do not manipulate the species. Most other phytoplankton products are manipulated and grown in labs attempting to re-create the ocean's condition and are commonly used in commercial grade fish feed.
MACROALGAE
Kelp are large macroalgae (seaweeds), belonging to the brown algae. Kelp grows in underwater forests (kelp forests) in clear, shallow oceans requiring water temperature to be below 20 degrees C. It offers protection to some sea creatures and food for others. Of the more common algae products on the market, kelp is correctly classified as a macroalgae
FRESHWATER ORIGIN
SPIRULINA
Spirulina is a simple, one celled form of algae that grows in warm, freshwater environments. Even though spirulina is distantly related to kelp, it is not a sea plant. The freshwater ponds and lakes it favors are notably more alkaline than ordinary lakes.
CHLORELLA
Chlorella is a form of unicellular green algae found in still, freshwater soil or bark of trees. Chlorella has a strong cell wall that prevents it's native form from being adequately broken-down and absorbed by the human digestive system. Special processing is required to break the cell wall.
